2o12

if you pay attention to any of the media outlets made available in this country, you know that our world isn't exactly in the most ideal of situations. that being said, i have to say that americans have it pretty well off in comparison to a good portion of the rest of the world. i'm happy to be here.
unfortunately it's not quite so black and white. tonight i watched a documentary on suburban underage sex trafficking. it's a pretty inconvenient situation to wrap your mind around, but apparently it happens in our own backyards. there are girls as young as twelve years old being kidnapped, drugged beyond belief, raped and exploited to the point where they only realize their purpose in life is to please their pimps. if i remember correctly, the maximum jail time a man can face for kidnapping and essentially putting girls into slavery is fifteen years. FIFTEEN! this is so disappointing. men this deranged should be locked away forever. they get to sit around rent free, with all the food and essentials they will need for fifteen measly years, while their victims will forever pay for what they could not prevent. yes, the girls they took advantage of may be able to return to their normal lives, but truthfully, they will never, ever see normalcy again.
the fact that the american youth has made the term "pimpin'" something admirable suddenly makes me sick to my stomach.
with that extra uncomfortable dose of reality settling in my psyche, i realized the only faith in humanity i could muster came from watching a couple of episodes of the cosby show.

this has been a dismal beginning, but i promise to whoever may read this blog, i won't typically be this much of a stinker when posting.